Pitch On Stave vs Composer Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pitch On Stave
Visualize your vocal pitch in real-time on a musical staff. This app helps you understand your singing accuracy by displaying pitch shifts and tendencies, allowing for more effective practice without solely relying on hearing.
- Real-time vocal pitch visualization
- Musical staff display
- Pitch shift and tendency analysis
- Adjustable sensitivity
- Scrollable time axis
- Snapshot capture
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“Pitch On Stave” is a vocal support app that makes your pitch easy to see and understand. Simply sing toward your iPhone, and your vocal pitch will appear on a musical staff in real time. You can instantly see how accurately you’re hitting each note. By visualizing pitch shifts and singing tendencies, you can practice more effectively without relying only on your sense of hearing. Take your first step toward enjoying singing even more. Features: - Vocal analysis and pitch estimation. - Display ranges: 4 octaves (up to C6 from A2) - Sensitivity level: 0 (Low) - 10 (High) - Pitch analysis display can be scrolled back in the time axis. - Auxiliary line display function. (Aux) - Snapshot (Snap): Capture the current pitch analysis display. Note: - Adjust the input level by sliding “Sensitivity level” bar while singing. If the setting is inappropriate, the graph may not be displayed, or a misjudgment may occur. - This application is intended for single vocals by human singers. Note that the correct display may not be done in case of chorus, vocal with musical instruments, and the noisy environment. Recommended for use in a quiet room less ambient noise as much as possible. - At the time of the first access to Microphone and Photos after installing the app, you will be asked authorization to access them by the iOS system. If you have not enabled this setting, the app cannot access them by privacy restrictions of the iOS system. Please enable the access permission on the iOS setting, "Settings > Privacy & Security > Photos or Microphone". Please visit our iOS app support page for more information on this app.
Composer Lab
Explore harmonic structures, scales, and microtonal tuning systems. This app offers tools for organizing pitch material, crafting custom tunings, and managing rhythmic units for songwriting and composition.
- Harmonic structure exploration
- Custom tuning system creation
- Rhythmic unit management
- Microtonal scale playback
- DAW file export (.scl, .tun)
- Pitch set theory principles
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Set Module: The Set Module enables musicians to explore harmonic structures and scales of all kinds, and discover new ways of organizing pitch material. Built on the principles of pitch set theory, it offers an intuitive interface along with a rich set of practical tools. Features include fixed superset, fixed subset, invariance calculation, interval vector constraints, unfolding, and numeric recombination mode. The module is designed to make working with complex musical ideas easier and more intuitive, and can be used in songwriting, arranging, film scoring, and concert music composition. Tempo Module: The Tempo Module allows users to set a range for rhythmic units and define a tolerance for timing variations. It supports a system where up to six different tempos can be freely switched and converted. Tuning Module: Start at 1/1 and craft your own tuning system with cents or ratios. Map it onto a standard keyboard so you can transpose in 12ET or in precise cent steps. Hear your microtonal scales live, then export .scl and .tun files straight to your DAW—unlocking boundless realms beyond the twelve-tone limit. New Euclid and Orbit modules added! Detailed guide will be updated shortly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pitch On Stave at $3.99 against Composer Lab's $17.99. Composer Lab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.4). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Pitch On Stave costs $3.99 and Composer Lab $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pitch On Stave against 5.0 for Composer Lab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Pitch On Stave ships an update every 8 months, Composer Lab every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pitch On Stave | Composer Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $17.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TOON,LLC | 笑一 杨 |
Customer experience
Pitch On Stave
Composer Lab
In-app purchases
Pitch On Stave
No in-app purchases
Composer Lab
No in-app purchases









